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A better understanding of antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods for colistin and polymyxin B is needed for optimal patient management.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Forty-two carbapenem-resistant\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">A. baumannii<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolates were subjected to susceptibility testing for colistin and polymyxin B using the following methods: broth microdilution (BMD) (glass-coated plates [BMD-Gs] and polystyrene plates [BMD-Ps]), agar dilution (AD), E-test\n                      <jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>\n                      , Vitek\n                      <jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>\n                      , and disk diffusion. Using BMD as the gold standard, comparative analysis between different methods was carried out.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>With BMD-Gs as reference, reliability was high for BMD-Ps and moderate for AD and Vitek for both the drugs. Similar results were obtained when the BMD-P was used as reference, but drug\u2013polystyrene interaction was observed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Different susceptibility testing methods for polymyxins show great variation in their results and BMD using glass-coated plates can be considered the best candidate for gold standard.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1089\/mdr.2017.0251","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,6]],"date-time":"2018-02-06T13:23:24Z","timestamp":1517923404000},"page":"1082-1088","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Comparative Evaluation of Broth Microdilution with Polystyrene and Glass-Coated Plates, Agar Dilution, E-Test, Vitek, and Disk Diffusion for Susceptibility Testing of Colistin and Polymyxin B on Carbapenem-Resistant Clinical Isolates of\n                    <i>Acinetobacter baumannii<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Lipika","family":"Singhal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","place":["India"]},{"name":"GMCH","place":["India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Megha","family":"Sharma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","place":["India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Salony","family":"Verma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","place":["India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ramanpreet","family":"Kaur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","place":["India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xavier Basil","family":"Britto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Antwerp","place":["Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Surbhi Malhotra","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Antwerp","place":["Belgium"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pallab","family":"Ray","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","place":["India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vikas","family":"Gautam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research","place":["India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1345\/aph.18426"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1586\/eri.12.78"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","first-page":"232","article-title":"Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterobacteriaceae in South and Southeast Asia","volume":"30","author":"Hsu L.-Y.","year":"2017","unstructured":"Hsu L.-Y., , Apisarnthanarak A., , Khan E., , Suwantarat N., , Ghafur A., , and Tambyah P.A.. 2017. 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